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Monday, April 27, 2009

Ship radar contract for Navy destroyers, aircraft carriers goes to Raytheon

Volume Search Radar (VSR) systemU.S. Navy leaders are looking to Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems in Tewksbury, Mass., to provide two Volume Search Radar systems to satisfy ship radar requirements the Zumwalt-class destroyer and to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).

Raytheon won a $217 million contract modification for the shipboard radar systems April 23. Awarding the contract was the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington.

The Volume Search Radar (VSR) system is a three-face L-band phased array radar, which works together with the Raytheon Spy-3 multifunction radar system on Zumwalt-class destroyers and Ford-class carriers. The VSR provides target cueing to the Spy-3 radar.

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